ANT3610 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
(KEY TERMS HIGHLIGHTED IN
PROFESSOR DAWS LINGUISTIC
ANTHROPOLOGY COURSE) QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, GRADED
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, 1 of 71
Definition
- its tendency to take language as central
- its emphasis on consensus as the organizing principle
of community
- its preference for studying central members of the
community instead of those on the periphery
- its focus on th egroup rather than the individuals who make up
the group
- the view of identity as a set of static categories
- its valorization of researchers' interpretations over
participants' own understandings of their practices
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In his work with Yucatec
Maya children in Mexico, John
Lucy Define practice
noticed that after the age of
nine, Maya children tended to:
Criticisms of the speech semantic domain vs grammatical
community model categories
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2 of 71
Term
,What does Carol Cohn call the specific kind of language utilized by
defense intellectuals in the mid-1980s?
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code-switching technostrategic language
holism poetic
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Term
Linguisitic repertoires that are associated with particular social
practices and with the people who engage in them are
called___________.
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styles languages
registers accents
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, Term
In his work with Yucatec Maya children in Mexico, John Lucy noticed
that after the age of nine, Maya children tended to:
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focused on material showed a preference for abstract
composition more than shape concepts over concrete
objects
became less interested in developed a stronger attachment to
language and more in physical their cultural traditions
activities
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Term
Whorf famously studied and compared these two forms of
language.
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Multiplex Technostrategic Language
Hopi
Standard Average European Phatic
(KEY TERMS HIGHLIGHTED IN
PROFESSOR DAWS LINGUISTIC
ANTHROPOLOGY COURSE) QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, GRADED
A+
, 1 of 71
Definition
- its tendency to take language as central
- its emphasis on consensus as the organizing principle
of community
- its preference for studying central members of the
community instead of those on the periphery
- its focus on th egroup rather than the individuals who make up
the group
- the view of identity as a set of static categories
- its valorization of researchers' interpretations over
participants' own understandings of their practices
Give this one a try later!
In his work with Yucatec
Maya children in Mexico, John
Lucy Define practice
noticed that after the age of
nine, Maya children tended to:
Criticisms of the speech semantic domain vs grammatical
community model categories
Don't know?
2 of 71
Term
,What does Carol Cohn call the specific kind of language utilized by
defense intellectuals in the mid-1980s?
Give this one a try later!
code-switching technostrategic language
holism poetic
Don't know?
3 of 71
Term
Linguisitic repertoires that are associated with particular social
practices and with the people who engage in them are
called___________.
Give this one a try later!
styles languages
registers accents
Don't know?
4 of 71
, Term
In his work with Yucatec Maya children in Mexico, John Lucy noticed
that after the age of nine, Maya children tended to:
Give this one a try later!
focused on material showed a preference for abstract
composition more than shape concepts over concrete
objects
became less interested in developed a stronger attachment to
language and more in physical their cultural traditions
activities
Don't know?
5 of 71
Term
Whorf famously studied and compared these two forms of
language.
Give this one a try later!
Multiplex Technostrategic Language
Hopi
Standard Average European Phatic
